Display-form.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

G. GALLAND.

A DISPLAY FORM.

APBLIOATION FILED MAY 7. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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G. GALLAND.

DISPLAY FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7. 190e.

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UNITED ,STArEs PATENT oEEIoE.

GEORGE GALLAND, or wILKEs-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR To MINNIE s. GALLAND, or wILKEs-BAEEE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPLAY-FORM. I

v the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in display-forms adapted for use in stores and store-'windows for artistically and attractively displaying garments.'

One object of the invention is to provide a form of this character with a detachable and adjustable head or face section, so that the face of the Iigurenmay be raised or lowered or turned, as may best suit the idea of the user, for the purpose of displaying shirt-waists and similar -garments having neck portions of varying heights and shapes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a f rm of this character which may be made at a small cost from paper, cardboard,

or other sheet material and which will hold the bustJ and skirt portions of ladies garments extended in theirnatural positions, so as to properly display them.

A further object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of display-forms of this character, and -thereby render the same-more eicient and convenient and less expensive.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features lof construction, combination, andV arrangement of parts, asy will be hereinafterl described and claimed.

In the accom anying-drawings, Figureil is a front elevation ofmy improved displayform, showinga shirt-waist draped thereon. Fig 2 is a perspective view of the rear of the formwith the shirt-waist removed therefrom. Fig.. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a ldetail viewof the rear-of the head andneckportions f the form, showing how the head may be adjustably pivotedFby 1 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on tlige plane indicated bythe line 5 5 in Fig. 4.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Application ned May 7, 1906. seria No. 3151663.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

.Eigen a pian 'View ofthe blank aan which the body ortion of the form isma'de. Fig. 7 Is asiml ar view of the blank which forms the bust portion of the device; Fig. 8 is av A perspective Vview of the form, showing ay skirt-supporting portion applied to it. Fig.v 91 Isa* vertical sectional view through the same, and Fig. 10 is'a plan'view of the blank whichl'forms the skirt portion of the form.`

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the body portion or section, and 2 the detachable and adjustable face or. head section of my'improved display-form'. Both of these parts are made of heavy paper, flexible cardboard, or other suitable material, and the body l comprises the neck, theshoulders, the arms, the bust, and the hips or waist of a life-size human figure. ened by a strip of wood or the like glued or otherwise secured upon the rear of the same.

The form is adapted to be supported in an u right position upon the iioor, counter, s ow-case, or other support in a store or store-window by 'forming upon thehi or waist portionextensions 3, which are adlapted to be bent rearwardly and detachably connected together to provide a circular base, as

seen in Fig. 2. A ny detachable connection may be provided for these extensions; but I may be alined with each other to receive a metal clip or fastener 5. In order to give the `proper fullness to the forml'or figure at the bust, I provide a bust portion or section 6,

formed from a piece of heavy paper or the like. This bust-section 6 has at its top a central tongue 7, which is glued upon the neck portion of the body, and two tongues or aps 8, which are bent over the shoulders of the body and are glued upon the back or rear face of the latter, as seen in Fig. y2. At the sides of the bust-section 6, ad'acent toits bottom,-are tongues or'flaps 9,w 'ch are adapted to be inserted beneath the stub-arm portions If desired, the body may be stiof the body and glued upon the rear face of said body. 'lhe tongues or flaps 9 are preferably left loose when the form is shipped from the factory, and the purchaser glues them in position when he uses the device. rlhe bust-section 6 and the head or face section 2 and also any other part of the form may have their outer faces lithographed or IOO otherwise ornamented in natural colors, so that a garment of any description may be attractively draped upon the device.

While the face or head section 2 maybe Vpermanently mounted or formed upon the is adapted to slide in a vertical slot 12, formed.

in said neck 10. One or more'turn-buttons 13 are pivoted upon the outer face ofthe block 11 for the purpose of clamping it in an adjusted vertical position in said slotas will be readily seen upon reference to Fig. 3. In Figs. 4 and 5 Ithe head-section is shown adjustably and pivotally mounted, by means of a thumb-nut 14, upon the threaded end of a screw stud or bolt 15, which projects from the'rear face of the head-section and through the slot 12 in the neck 10. This construction permits the head to be raised and lowered vertically and turned to any-angular position to permit it to fit the collar or neck portion of a shirt waist or garmentv of any description draped upon the figure. By making the face or head section 2 adjustable ladies shirt-waists having both high and low collars orv collars of peculiar shape may be artistically displayed upon the form, sothat the chin of the face extends over the collar or neck portionand gives the ap earance of a perfect fit around the neck. ing the face or head sections so that they may be readily removed face or head sections of dif'- ferent designs maybe quickly substituted and the faces of the figures thus changed as often as j desiredwithout removing the garments.

In Figsy8, '9, and 10 ofthe drawings I have shown an attachment for the form by means of which a ladys skirt or a long coat' or gown may be effectively displayed. This skirt portion or section 16 is preferably'formed from a piece of heavy paper, flexible cardboard, or other sheet-material, as shown in Fig, 1'0, and it may be strengthened by one or more strips or cleats 17,- provided upon its inner face. -Its upper and lower edges are curved and its straight side edges are formed with rows of apertures 18 to re.

ceive metalfasteners-IQ when said edges are overlappedv to give the section its frustoconical shape. (ShowninFigs. 8 and 9.-) This skirt-section is connected at its rear tothe rear of the overlapping 'extensions 3 of the body 1 by the fastener 5,which passes through the uppermost apertures 18, and at its front it is connected to the front of the Waist .portion of the body 1 by a fastener I20, passed through an aperture 21 in the latter and through an aperture 22 in the front of the top portion of the skirt -section The latter when set up for use and fastened to the body so by mount- `of said body to cause said extensions to form .as shown and described or in any other suitresorted to without departing from the prim ciple or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention as defined by the appended claims. i

Having thus described my invention, what i I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Inetters Patent, is*

1. A flat display-form of the character described having its face or head section slidably and pivotally mounted.

2. A display-form of the, character described comprising a flat body-section havingl aslotted neck, and a flat face or head section slidably and pivo'tally mounted in the'slot in said neck. j 4

8. A display form of the character described comprising a ilat body-section having a slotted neck, a flat face or head section, a stud carried by the latter and movable inthe slot in said neck, and means for clamping said stud in an adjusted position.

'4. A display -form of the character described comprisin` extensions atv itsd connecting saidv extensions to provide a base to support said body in an upright position.

5. A .display-form f the character described comprising a flat body having flexible a fiat body having flexible y ower end, kand -means for l ICO connections'at its lower end, and a fastener .Y

passed through apertures in the l.overlapping ends of said extensions to detachably secure them together, when said extensions are disposed on one side of and project from one side abase to support said body in an upright po.-

` sition.

6. Adisplay-form of the character described comprising a flat ilexible body hav- IIC ing integral extensions at its bottom, means for detachably securing said extensions together 'to form a supporting-base for said body, and a stifening-strip upon 'said body, substantially as shown anddescribed.

7. A display-form of the character de` scribed comprising a flat body in the form of a human figure, and a projecting bust portion or `section secured upon the front of said body, said bust portion or section consisting' of `a fiexible sheet bent or curved and formed L with tongues or flaps to engage the edgesl and rear face of said body, substantially as described.

' skirtsection detachably connected` thereto I Balmes-l. as

8. A display-form of the character def into frusto-conical form, means for connectscribed comprising a body -section anda "ing the side edges of the skirt-section, and

means for connecting the' latter to said circu- -lar base. of the body-section, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand presence of two subscribing Wltzo and forming a supporting-base therefor, each of said sections being `formed from ,a flat, eXible sheet having portions bent and secured together, substantially as described.

9. A display-forni;i 'of .tie charactfer de nesses. scribed comprisinga at bo y-section orme with extensions at its body, means for con 4 "GEORGE GALLAND'.' necting saidsections'to form a substantially Witnesses: circular base, a skirt-section formed from a W. F. WARD,

fiat segmental-shaped,' flexible sheet bent W. J. ACORNLEY.v 

